Clericus

L In old English laio. A clergyman, a clerk, or priest; a person in holy orders; a secular priest, as distinguished from a religious or regular; a clerk or person who used his pen in courts or otherwise; an amanuensis of a judge or court of the king; an officer whose duties were to issue writs, enrol pleas, etc.; an officer of the royal household, having charge of the receipt and payment of moneys, etc. Clericus coqninae: clerk of the kitchen. Clericns et custos rotulornm: clerk and keeper of the rolls, — an ancient title of the Master of the Rolls. Clericus mercati: clerk of the parvsB bagSB, et cnstos rotnlorum, et domns con Tersornm: clerk of the petty bag, and keeper of the rolls, and of the house of the converts,— also an old title of the Master of the Rolls. In the Roman law. A minister of religion in the Christian church; an ecclesiastic or priest.